It was close, really close, but ultimately, “Spock’s Brain” prevailed over “Let He Who is Without Sin” and moved on to the Egregious Eight. But we’re not done with DS9 yet: this time it’s up against a TNG episode better suited to a Harlequin romance novel.

“Sub Rosa” (“Beverly Gets Wax Fever” for our purposes)

TNG, Season 7, Episode 14

Only in the final season does Beverly Crusher get any character development…and that mostly consists of being so hard up for it she’ll bang a ghost trapped in a candle.

“Move Along Home”

DS9, Season 1, Episode 10

Quark plays a game with some smug jerks, using the DS9 crew as the pieces. Exactly as exciting and original as it sounds.

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“Move Along Home” was stupid, but not nearly as awful as “Sub Rosa”. TNG takes this round. I’m looking forward to seeing which episode ends up facing off against “The Magnificent Ferengi” in the final round.

Do you ever notice how a really bad movie almost always has a gratuitous sex scene right in the middle of it to keep the viewers’ attention. And if I’m not mistaken, “Wax Fever” is the only episode in the bracket that has a gratuitous sex scene right in the middle of it.

But serious, you’ve got to respect Gates McFadden. She knew that this episode was really gonna suck, that she agreed to go to town on herself on Nationwide Syndicated TV. Now that’s dedication you don’t see nowadays.

SubRosa was really bad Trek, but Move Along Home was so stupid and annoying it nearly killed DS9 in season 1. Please watch it again. If you don’t have the urge to break your tv then you’re a better person than I.

I gotta go with Sub Rosa… Tried to watch them both again for the tourney – and while I just barely made it through Move Along Home, I just couldn’t inflict any more Wax Fever on myself and had to shut it off.

I also feel confident “Some Like It Quark” will triumph at the end of this round, so we probably haven’t seen the last of our favorite Ferengi just yet.